As the saying goes, the three cobblers are the equal of Zhuge Liang.
Not to mention a top scientist.
As the international joint project research team successfully got on track, top scientific researchers from various nuclear fusion laboratories also settled in the Science Island.
This brings new progress to the artificial sun project.
Li Chengzhe did not expect that things would go so smoothly.
Although he had previously agreed to the participation of overseas laboratories, he mainly wanted to learn from each other's strengths.
Breaking the artificial sun dilemma.
There is no hope that overseas scientists will really participate in the research.
But after these scientists came to Luyang, they showed almost more concern for the project than he, the person in charge.
Not only did he take out all his own data, he also took the initiative to discuss the research direction of the next project and optimized and adjusted the device.
To improve the performance of artificial sun project devices.
Although I don’t know if these top overseas experts have taken the wrong medicine, it is undoubtedly good for the artificial sun project itself.
Even according to this trend.
Li Chengzhe believes that the Chinese Academy of Sciences will definitely become the first institution in the world to develop controllable nuclear fusion.
As for future technology.
To be honest, he really didn't think too much about it.
As the current person in charge of the artificial sun project, he is very clear about the difficulties faced in researching controllable nuclear fusion technology. Even if a very large force or company rashly enters the field of nuclear fusion energy, it will never achieve anything in the short term.
.
So no one will compete with them for this honor.
For their project team, they only need to devote all their energy to the research of nuclear fusion devices.
certainly.
During these months of research.
They have also achieved great results.
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Friday.
Science Island.
Artificial Sun Project Center.
"Get ready to light the fire."
The huge tokamak device is placed in the space, and when you look directly at it, you are still shocked.
Even the scientific researchers working here will have a strange feeling every time they look up, as if they are in a science fiction world.
But the sound at this moment came from the main control center.
After Li Chengzhe gave the starting instructions to the staff, his eyes remained on the console screen.
Next to him, stood several scientific researchers with different skin colors and hair.
One of them was Dr. Bender.
Thanks to their efforts, the artificial solar installation on Science Island has now been completely transformed.
All core components have been upgraded.
This will definitely require re-running the device to determine its current actual performance.
After all, every advancement means that mankind is getting closer to mastering nuclear fusion energy, so sooner or later it can be completely mastered.
soon.
As the artificial sun device was officially launched, the temperatures of the magnets inside the cryogenic controller and the core vacuum reaction chamber were also rising rapidly. Faced with this exciting scene, many people subconsciously clenched their fists.
It seems that this can make him look as calm as possible.
Mainly, this experiment is different from the past. There are so many scientists from overseas nuclear fusion laboratories present. If you show too much excitement, you will inevitably be looked down upon.
They are all just small scenes.
The Chinese Academy of Sciences has never seen anything.
However, Dr. Bender suddenly smiled at this time and took the initiative to talk to Li Chengzhe beside him: "Academician Li, don't worry too much. There will definitely be no problems in this experiment. If I calculate well, the experimental data will definitely break the
New record."
Although Dr. Bender used the language of his own country throughout the process, there would be basically no obstacles for elites of their level.
But Li Chengzhe did not respond.
He knew that the other party had a certain reputation internationally and was a top expert in the field of nuclear fusion.
But he didn't know why he felt a little uncomfortable after hearing that he was going to break the previous record they had set.
The biggest reason.
Perhaps it was the upgrade of the device that they did not complete independently.
Just when Dr. Bender was about to say something, he was interrupted by a sudden announcement from the control room.
"Fifty million degrees."
…
"Two hundred million degrees!"
"400 million degrees!"
Almost as soon as the last number was shouted out from the mouth of the staff, everyone present immediately focused their attention on the time in the middle of the master control screen.
Every second of beating was like a heavy hammer hitting their heart.
Because the last record set was to achieve 200 million degrees burning for 100 seconds, but this time it reached 400 million degrees.
This speed of improvement is unimaginable.
If it were announced to the outside world, it would definitely cause a global uproar.
Facts have proved that choosing cooperation is the right decision.
However, scientists such as Bend's Dr. Lee Seung-cheol are still waiting to see how long it will last.
After all, the two most important problems in controllable nuclear fusion are ultrahigh temperature and duration.
If the record can be broken in terms of burning time this time, it will definitely be a milestone achievement, and it will also be of great help to their continued research on controllable nuclear fusion in the next step.
Perhaps it was the prayers in everyone's hearts that played a role.
The number on the master control screen finally stayed at 120 seconds, which was considered a complete success.
When the burning stopped, the entire control room was silent for a few seconds, and then burst into warm cheers.
"Great, we set a new world record!"
"It's a full 200 million degrees higher than last time, which is simply unimaginable."
"Now I believe more than anyone else that the ultimate energy pursued by mankind will be born in our science island."
"Omaika, my God!"
"Let's sort out this experiment immediately. We must announce this good news to the public as soon as possible." The lively and excited voice reached his ears. Li Chengzhe was happy but also did not forget to arrange the next things.
Because this global nuclear fusion laboratory cooperation was previously made public, I don’t know how many people are paying attention to the research progress of the project.
Now that we have achieved such great results, we must announce this news to the public.
It is also worth mentioning that just when Li Chengzhe and the others left the main control room and prepared to continue their work, they happened to meet Yang Senping who had just arrived from the imperial capital.
Although Li Chengzhe is in charge of the artificial sun project, as the dean, Yang Senping must pay more attention to it.
The most important thing is that when he met to decide whether to accept the application for overseas laboratory cooperation, he was still a little undecided.
I don’t know if cooperation is a good thing or a bad thing.
When he learned that the upgraded device would be tested today, he rushed over without thinking.
Just wanted to see what the final result would be.
"Academician Li."
"How's the experiment going?"
"Dean, you are late today, and the test has just ended." Facing Yang Senping's inquiry, Li Chengzhe kept a smile on his face and responded with a hint of ridicule.
"Is it over?" Yang Senping was stunned when he saw that he had missed the test, but soon he thought of another thing and hurriedly asked: "What was the result of the test?"
“The performance of the device is doubled.”
"Just now we successfully set a new world record of burning 400 million degrees for 120 seconds!"
Seeing the change in Yang Senping's expression, Li Chengzhe stopped trying to keep things secret and immediately informed the other party of the good news.
"What!?"
"Burn at 400 million degrees for 120 seconds?"
"OK!"
When Yang Senping heard this set of numbers, he suddenly became excited.
Although he does not specialize in nuclear fusion, he also understands what this data represents. The key is that as long as it is announced, it will not only cause a global shock, but this joint cooperation will also become a very correct thing.
No one will say anything by then.
After all, when the decision-making power was handed over to them previously, the hospital was also under a lot of pressure.
The helium-3 resources required for major nuclear fusion research are entirely provided by them. If there is still no new progress after the cooperation is reached, they will definitely bear the responsibility, and even the public may criticize it.
Fortunately, these worries are gone now.
Thinking quickly, Yang Senping then said quickly: "Hurry up and announce the results of this experiment to the outside world. The public is waiting for it."
"Don't worry, Dean, I have already arranged this matter." Seeing that he and Yang Senping were thinking together, Li Chengzhe quickly replied.
Faced with such a result, it can be said that Yang Senping's trip was not in vain.
Under normal circumstances, since he missed the test, he would definitely not stay here for long.
Basically, they fly back to the Imperial Capital on the same day.
Who knows that there are no less things at the headquarters than at the dean. It is not easy for him, the dean, to be idle.
What's more, he also has his own research project.
But considering that it was almost time to eat, Yang Senping finally decided to have a meal in the cafeteria with many scientific researchers on the project.
I would like to express my condolences to everyone and treat it as a celebration party in advance.
After all, the achievements achieved by the research team of this project really deserve awards and celebrations.
However, just after everyone arrived at their destination, Yang Senping remembered another thing and took the initiative to ask.
"By the way, Academician Li, have you seen the announcement about Future Technology?"
"Um."
Li Chengzhe nodded.
"The current foundation of future technology is really unimaginable. I didn't expect that they completed the installation of the core components of the nuclear fusion device in such a short period of time."
"As far as I know, their components are all manufactured by themselves."
The news that Future Technology announced that it will officially launch the controllable nuclear fusion device in three days has caused a lot of heated discussion on the Internet.
How could he not see this?
It's just that he doesn't think that future technology devices can be successful.
Controllable nuclear fusion is known as the ultimate problem for mankind. The complexity is beyond description. As a newcomer starting from scratch, Future Technology should choose to move forward steadily and purchase core components produced overseas.
Accumulate experience for yourself first, and then develop slowly.
But what about actually?
Future Technology actually manufactures the core components required for nuclear fusion devices.
The quality is nothing short of flattering.
Even now Li Chengzhe is a little worried. If problems arise during the test due to poor component quality, the entire institute may suffer.
Both Xu Lei and Pei Hongyin are the country's most valuable talents, and anything that happens to them would be a huge loss.
So after thinking of this, Li Chengzhe finally said something more: "Dean, I remember that you have a good relationship with Mr. Xu from Future Technology. If possible, you should persuade him to give up the experiment."
Yang Senping knew very well what Li Chengzhe meant by his words.
However, due to his trust in Xu Lei and the miracles that Future Technology has created over the years, he still has some confidence in Future Technology's nuclear fusion device.
At least Xu Lei never does anything he's not sure about.
But after listening to Li Chengzhe's analysis, he fell into entanglement again and didn't know whether to persuade Xu Lei.
If something happens to such a powerful nuclear fusion device, it will inevitably have very serious consequences and may even lead to casualties.
But at the same time, he also knew the characters of Xu Lei and Pei Hongyin. They had invested so many resources and had announced the test to the outside world. It was basically impossible for them to give up at this time.
Just as Yang Senping was secretly struggling with this matter, a strange voice sounded in his ears.
"Future Technology has gone in the wrong research direction, and it is impossible for them to succeed."
Hearing this, Yang Senping turned his head subconsciously.
Suddenly a white-bearded foreigner burst into view.
When Li Chengzhe next to him saw this, he quickly introduced the two to each other: "Dean, this is Dr. Bender, a top scientist from the California Nuclear Fusion Laboratory in California."
"Dr. Bender, this is President Yang Senping of our Chinese Academy of Sciences."
After living on Science Island for such a long time, he had mastered some writing. After hearing Yang Senping and Li Chengzhe mention future technology, he couldn't help but take the initiative to chat.
The name "Main Future Technology" is so popular that it is no exaggeration to say that it is almost a household name around the world.
So much so that anything related to future technology is always very attractive.
At this time, Yang Senping's attention was obviously still on Bender's words, so he took the initiative to ask: "Dr. Bender, you just said that nuclear fusion research in future technology is on the wrong path. I don't know if it can be done."
Can you elaborate on it?"
"Of course, I'm happy to."
Faced with Yang Senping's invitation, Bender readily agreed.
"It's actually very simple."
"Based on the pictures released by Future Technology, they should be using a stellarator device."
"Although it is also a form of magnetic confinement, this device has actually been used in laboratories for a long time, but it was eventually rejected and abandoned due to various problems."
“Currently, superconducting tokamak devices are the mainstream.”
"How can it be possible to succeed in conducting controlled nuclear fusion research by choosing an abandoned device?"
"Dr. Bender is right, Future Technology does use stellarators." Recalling the content released by the Future Technology Nuclear Fusion Research Institute that he had seen before, Li Chengzhe couldn't help but nodded.
After listening to what the two said, Yang Senping became worried about future technology for the first time.
Although he didn't know why Xu Lei and Pei Hongyin chose a device that was abandoned by the mainstream, now that things have reached this point, he can only pray that there won't be any big problems in future technology experiments.
Failure means failure.
"Alas~"
"It seems that future technology is really going to face a setback this time!"
In the end, he sighed a little helplessly and stopped mentioning the matter.
As for the rest of the day, the entire canteen was naturally filled with laughter and laughter, and everyone was immersed in the joy of the artificial sun entering a new stage.
However, it is worth mentioning that after the meal, Li Chengzhe also wanted to invite Yang Senping to visit the artificial sun device.
But he was rejected by Yang Senping.
In the afternoon, he hurried back to the imperial capital to take charge of the work.
Mainly from Yang Senping's point of view, now that the artificial sun project has ushered in new successes, he is completely relieved.
In addition, it is not too late to visit on-site until the day when controllable nuclear fusion technology is truly conquered.
Let’s talk about the Internet.
As many official accounts such as the People's Daily of the Chinese Academy of Sciences jointly released the exciting news of the artificial sun achieving 400 million degrees for 120 seconds, it immediately caused an uproar on the Internet. Not only did the topic easily reach the top of the hot search list on major website platforms
, even the previous announcement from the Future Science and Technology Research Institute was completely suppressed.
Originally, everyone was discussing whether the newly established international research project team would conquer nuclear fusion technology first, or whether future technology would create another miracle.
Now that Artificial Sun is the first to announce this good news, it has undoubtedly won the support of more people.
It can be said that this news makes the public more confident in controllable nuclear fusion technology, and it is very likely that it will be conquered in the next few years or ten years.
No matter in the comment area of related content or in various chat groups, you can see everyone talking about this matter, and their words are filled with strong pride and pride.
Although overseas scientists participated in this success, at least the project was led by the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
In addition, many professionals and hobbyists recognized the stellarator that was different from the tokamak device after seeing the content released by Future Technology, and were suddenly filled with disappointment.
None of them believed that stellarators could solve controlled nuclear fusion.
In addition, some people have specially released popular science videos, which makes fans who support future technology unavoidably worried.
I am afraid that Xu Lei will go further and further down the wrong path.
So in the end, everyone lost their sense of expectation for the upcoming nuclear fusion device test by the Future Technology Nuclear Fusion Research Institute.
Anyway, even if the test is successful, the data obtained will definitely not be comparable to the artificial sun of the Chinese Academy of Sciences.
"I knew that the artificial sun project would definitely work. It has only been so long, but the performance has already improved so much."
"It always feels like humans are not far away from nuclear fusion energy."
"The ultra-high temperature was 400 million degrees, and it burned for more than a hundred seconds. Oh my God!"
"Concentrating global efforts on research, the progress cannot be compared with that of a single research institute. Let me make a prediction here. Within ten years, mankind will definitely control nuclear fusion energy."
"I also feel that it's quite promising, so I'll give it a try first."
"Who knows why future technology chooses abandoned devices? It is impossible for a stellarator to conquer nuclear fusion, right?"
"Could it be that Academician Xu has a new idea that will give us all a surprise?"
"Absolutely impossible. Although there are some differences between that thing and the pictures on the Internet, it is definitely a star-simulating device."
"Anyway, I don't have much hope for future technology device testing. If it can be successfully burned and operated, it will be considered a success."
"I'm afraid that future technology's nuclear fusion devices won't even be able to reach the ultra-high temperature of 50 million."
…
For ordinary people, their level of knowledge is very limited and they can only make their own judgments based on a small part of the information they obtain.
It's completely normal to make mistakes.
The nuclear fusion device in the Future Technology Nuclear Fusion Research Institute is indeed similar to a stellarator, but it actually uses a composite design of magnetic confinement and inertial confinement. Researchers who are not involved in the project have no idea.
So although the outside world is not optimistic about it, Xu Lei himself is confident.
He knew that the day was coming that would completely change human civilization.
Then all mankind will tremble.
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Monday, October 23, 2028.
Frost.
At nine o'clock in the morning, the Future Technology Nuclear Fusion Research Institute was already crowded with people.
As the day when the controllable nuclear fusion device is officially launched, it can be said that everyone is very positive. Not only do they want to see the results of their efforts these days, but they also want to witness this most important day in the history of human civilization.
A day long enough to be recorded in the history of the development of human civilization.
Unlike ordinary people outside, as scientific researchers within the institute, they have full confidence in Xu Lei and this nuclear fusion device.
They even boldly believe that this device can truly achieve controllable nuclear fusion.
"Good morning, Dean."
When Xu Lei arrived at the research institute in a good mood, he happened to meet Pei Hongyin and Gu Sanlin.
Facing Gu Sanlin's greeting, he smiled and nodded.
On the other hand, Pei Hongyin, who was standing next to him, took the initiative to mention what happened at the Chinese Academy of Sciences and on the Internet in the past two days.
"Dean."
"You must have heard about everything on the Internet, right?"
"Science Island's artificial sun project has successfully achieved a record of burning at 400 million degrees for more than 100 seconds. Now the public has no hope for us, so you have nothing to say?"
Xu Lei naturally knew what Pei Hongyin said.
But in the eyes of outsiders, the achievements of the artificial sun may be very impressive, but he doesn't think anything of it.
If true controllable and sustained nuclear fusion cannot be achieved, burning for more than a hundred seconds, let alone burning for more than a hundred seconds, is meaningless.
What's more, they have only reached an ultra-high temperature of 400 million degrees.
It's still a hundred and eighty-seven miles away from one billion degrees.
And after today, the artificial sun project will lose its significance in continuing research.
After all, controllable nuclear fusion must be conquered.
The thought stayed here, Xu Lei didn't look at Pei Hongyin carelessly, he just said what he had to say.
"Don't worry."
"Soon everyone will only know about our controllable nuclear fusion device. From today on, mankind will officially enter a first-level civilization."
"I just like your confidence. You are absolutely right." Perhaps because Xu Lei's words suited him, Pei Hongyin kept a smile on his face and patted his shoulder with his hand.
The whole person was completely immersed in joy and excitement, as if he had seen the successful test of the nuclear fusion device.
As for Gu Sanlin, who was watching the whole process next to him, his eyes became firmer at this time because he believed in what Xu Lei said.
Thinking of the advent of controllable nuclear fusion technology today, my heart suddenly beats faster than expected.
Immediately afterwards.
Xu Lei said in a deep voice: "Let's go over, the test will start soon!" A confident smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.